892 2 Kings 22
Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found : for great is
the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our
fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do
according unto all that which is written concerning us.
¶ So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of
Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the
wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college ;) and they
communed with her.
And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell
the man that sent you to me,
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which
the king of Judah hath read :
because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works
of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this
place, and shall not be quenched.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the Lord,
thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As
touching the words which thou hast heard ;
because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this
place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become
a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before
me ; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes shall not see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the
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